Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Wednesday condemned Belgium after prosecutors filed indictments against three mohelim, Jewish ritual circumcisers, in Antwerp.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaks at the Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026. (Credit: Ronen Horesh/GPO.)“With this act Belgium joins a short and shameful list, together with Ireland, of countries that use criminal law to prosecute Jews for practising Judaism,” Sa’ar tweeted.
He called the move a “disgrace” and called on Belgian authorities to urgently find an appropriate solution to protect religious freedom.
Belgian prosecutors charged the three mohelim with intentional assault or battery with premeditation against minors and the unlawful practice of medicine.